Hello,

I am preparing to install your product as the primary heat source in my home.  As part of my remodel, I have removed the subfloor and replaced it with solid-core 3/4" tongue in groove plywood.  Half the floor will receive hardwood, the other half will receive tile.

My question is in regards to thickness, as I want both floors to be as close in height as possible.

The wood floor will receive:

1) A layer of 15 lb felt
2) Your residential heating element
3) 3/4" nail down hardwood

The tile floor will receive:

1) Your residential heating element
2) A layer of thin-set
3) Cement or Cement/Fiber board
4) A layer of thin-set
5) 5/16" 18" x 18" porcelain tile

I've read your documentation and it says the heating element is 3/64" thick; however, does that also include the thickness of the crimped wire connectors to the bus braids?  What about the wire thickness?

With an 18" x 18" tile I'd normally use a 1/4" square notch trowel.  Do you concur and what size trowel notch do you recommend over the heating element for the cement board?

What thickness of cement board do you think would yield a finished floor that is even with he wood floor?

Thanks,

- JNacht